The first QANTAS A380 took to the skies this morning over Toulouse. MSN014 with temporary registration F-WWSK will be delivered in her final form as VH-OQA in October 2008.
Image Courtesy Yvan Panas
UPDATE 10:21 AM:
In other QANTAS news, a French blogger Katener photographed A380 structures for MSN029 being delivered to in a convoy earlier this week. A special thank you to a fellow spotter whose eagle eyes identified the MSN and the upper deck window configuration as being unique to the Australian flag carrier.
on January 25, 2008 10:45 PM | Reply
Great news!!!, but October???? Didn't know it'd take that long, i was thinking August or early September. But still nice to see some progress.
on January 26, 2008 4:33 AM | Reply
An aircraft that flies! That's a big news.
on January 26, 2008 9:20 AM | Reply
Anonymous > Keep your better comments for you...
on January 27, 2008 7:30 AM | Reply
Nice..
Jon the plane will fly Monday to Hamburg ;) If i am right 8-)
on January 28, 2008 12:13 PM | Reply
Thank You Jon for the update, so the plane is flying today to Hamburg or next monday?
Quote: "upper deck window configuration as being unique to the Australian flag carrier"
Did I miss something here?
Hey Jon, I overread that SIA is expecting the next delivery schedule for their four three A380 to SIA, can you confirm and update the production schedule:
-SKC / Outfitting in XFW since Nov / Feb-2008
-SKD / Outfitting in XFW since ?? / Abr-2008
-SKE / Outfitting in XFW since Jan / Jun-2008
-SKF / Assambled in TLS / Jul-2008
So that SIA can have 6 birds flying before the first delivery for the second costumer EK in August.
on January 30, 2008 8:45 AM | Reply
MSN014 has just landed in XFW (Jan. 30 20008, 14:40 h CET).